人类对知识的渴求从未停止,获取知识的手段也不断更新,高素质的师资、先进的教学设备、灵活新颖的教学方法是人们的共同期望。为了充分利用有限的教学资源,所以产生了跨越时空的教学方式——远程教育。迄今为止,远程教育经历了三个阶段,每个阶段承载教育的媒介都有着重大区别。第一阶段是纸质媒体(函授)阶段,第二阶段是广播、电视媒体阶段,第三阶段是互连网络阶段。信息技术的高速发展,带动了社会各个层面的创新与进步。随着通信技术和信息处理技术的发展,以 Internet 为核心特征的现代远程教育应运而生。现代 Human’s thirst for knowledge has never ceased and means for acquiring knowledge are continuously updated. High-quality teachers, advanced teaching equipment and flexible and novel teaching methods are the common expectations of people. In order to make full use of the limited teaching resources, it has produced a teaching method that spans time and space - distance education. To date, distance education has gone through three stages, each of which carries a major difference in the medium that carries education. The first stage is the paper media (correspondence) stage, the second stage is the radio and television media stage, the third stage is the Internet phase. The rapid development of information technology has led to innovation and progress at all levels of society. With the development of communication technology and information processing technology, modern distance education featuring Internet as the core has emerged. modern